The tragicomic, or comitragic, epic journey of a woman who made herself once, and now has to do it all over again. Loren Noveck reviews.
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11 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Noura at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ November 27-December 30
By Loren Noveck
In Noura, a refugee lives in exile from herself, trying to reconcile her past and her present. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Hard Problem at Lincoln Center
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ October 25-January 6
By Loren Noveck
Tom Stoppard interrogates whether a thermostat has consciousness potential, and why we have consciousness at all. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Natural Shocks at WP Theater
Women’s Project Theater ⋄ October 28-November 25
By Loren Noveck
A shocking twist can’t save a paper-thin script. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wild Goose Dreams at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 30-December 16
By Loren Noveck
An ambitious, complex, at times unwieldy play that dramatizes the relationship between humans and the digital sphere as much as the relationships among its characters. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fireflies at the Atlantic Theater
Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ September 26-November 11
By Loren Noveck
A nuanced portrait of a troubled marriage against the less-nuanced backdrop of a troubled world. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Black Light at Greenwich House Theater
Greenwich House ⋄ September 24-December 31
By Loren Noveck
Jomama Jones invites us to imagine our way out of these troubled times. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What the Constitution Means to Me at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ September 12-October 28
By Loren Noveck
Heidi Schreck asks whether “equal protection of the laws” is really so equal or protective after all. Loren Noveck reviews.
24 September 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Intractable Woman at 122CC
122CC ⋄ September 13-October 14
By Loren Noveck
A depressingly relevant play about the necessity, the impossibility, and the complexity of ethical, unbiased journalism. Loren Noveck reviews.
1 August 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mary Page Marlowe at Second Stage Theater
Second Stage Theatre ⋄ 12th July - 19th August 2018
By Loren Noveck
Tracy Letts’s play about the many lives within one woman takes some puzzle-solving. Loren Noveck reviews.